- Created by: by Alan Bass and Terrie Teegarden, San Diego Mesa College
- Type of activity: lecture, small group problem solving (paper and pencil)
- Course level: Pre Algebra
- Topic: Decimals
- Materials: menus for local pizza places (optional)
- Time required: +/- 30 minutes
- Description: Using a menu from a pizza house, students will determine whether it is better to buy the combo pizza or add toppings to a cheese pizza, and whether it is better to buy two medium pizzas or one extra large.
- Created By: by Alan Bass and Terrie Teegarden, Mesa College
- Type of activity: lecture, individual work (paper and pencil)
- Course level: Pre Algebra
- Topic: Unit Conversions, Fractions
- Materials: none
- Time required: 30 minutes if the activity is completed in class
- Description: Using basic equivalency tables for standard measurements used in cooking, students will make the necessary conversions. Often times a chef is required to convert the amount needed in a recipe to units corresponding to the measuring tools available or the units in the packaging. Similarly, recipes that feed only 6 may need to be increase to accommodate larger numbers of people. In both cases, the use of fractions is often necessary.
